UUmmannaq

Day 3 of the Greenland cruise took us to UUmmannaq, an island with a mountain that is about 3500 feet tall. The locals say the mountain looks like its shaped like a heart, but I couldn't make it out. There’s only 1500 people in the town which has the same name. It seems to be a pattern that all the small wooden houses are painted in cheery crayola colors. We chose to take an optional excursion called the “Boat Trip to the desert.” There were two groups on two boats, and unfortunately our boat was the smaller and dingier of the two. It was cramped and the seats were visibly moldy and smelled. It was about an hour rocky ride to the desert—
an island that is mineral rich with granite, sulfur, iron and supposedly even rubies, but we didn't see any.
It is a geologic anomaly, a result of a volcanic eruption eons ago that spewed the minerals in a concentrated area.
We walked around and the views of the cobalt blue sea and meringue topped icebergs were fantastic. For the cost of the excursion, although very remote and interesting, was not worth the $200 or so cost per person.
After returning to the Fram, we sailed to a very small settlement of Ukkusissat, where the locals came onboard and performed a few songs and dances.
The town only has 150 people living there and probably as many sled dogs. In the summer they are tied up and fed every other day or so. We watched the dogs go crazy at feeding time pulling on their chains to catch the fish being thrown at them indifferently by their owner.
We learned that there are only huskies in Northern Greenland and no other breeds are allowed.
They are used to pull the fisherman over the ice to their fishing holes when the sea freeze. A couple of puppies approached me but I didn’t get too close because their mother was right behind them.